Category Archives: Health

Someone Else’s Virus

The Covid exploded some plans for the week,but didn’t sack me or my kids.I won’t see my brother; the drug that I seek(that nasty bacteria rids)will have to be purchased an alternate way(but I can adjust to that change).A wrench … Continue reading →

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Not to Worry

I’m channeling The Princess and The Pea.Instead of bed, I’m sensing in my neckan irritated spot that cautions meto sniff not blow. It’s like a tiny speckof incorrect two experts cannot seeor feel. I’ve had for years a movement checkleft … Continue reading →

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Inspirational

Concerned about his health at 68,for though he comes from hearty stock, he’s slowto move beyond a dog walk from his gatefor 15 minutes out and back, I knowif he’d put effort into air, he’d growan exponential way away from … Continue reading →

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Lost & Located

I plucked my favorite tractor cap, and woreit several times to shield my face from sun.I centered it and walked out my front doorand, actually, I found it kind of fun.Protected (nose and hair), I looked for more –I thought … Continue reading →

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Hat & Vest

I extra-credit exercised. With veststrapped on I ambulated to the store.I even wore a tractor cap. It’s best,the doctor says: less hair these days means moreexposure to UV. I worked my chestand legs as well, till entering my door,I disengaged … Continue reading →

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Glimpses into the Obvious

If I collect the stanzas labeled “aging,”I’ll have a chapbook I don’t want to read.For though I’m daily surveying and gaugingthe physical conditions that impedemy customary habits, and the bleedof dashing brain discernment, it’s enoughto jot and type and edit. … Continue reading →

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More Living and Learning

At 3 or 4 a.m. the pain began.I woke aware of ache in my right arm.When no position worked, I did a scanof yesterday, and couldn’t pinpoint harm –no fall or bump or twist or straining span.Then I remembered yoga … Continue reading →

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Like a Dick

Be like a dick. I say this to attractattention. I don’t mean impoliticin attitude or speech or any act.Be like a dick. Be velvet over steel. No stab or prick,but with your center coursing firm, in fact,so able to stand … Continue reading →

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Dubious

The test results are nothing scary yet.The liquid levels seem for now okay.And re: the scan, they opted to forgetthe number from a year ago. They say“recalibration,” but I think it maybe covering. I’m doubtful they are crooks,but faced with … Continue reading →

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A Thigh Thing

I felt a novel ache in thigh last week –a hamstring thing I think that time will fix.But what do I know? Did I muscle tweak?Or does this come with seventy and six?Creative worry – do my vessels leak?Is this … Continue reading →

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